Metal tour to visit city

The "Music as a Weapon IV" tour, featuring the heavy-metal bands Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira, will arrive May 5 at Value City Arena.

The "Music as a Weapon IV" tour, featuring the heavy-metal bands Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira, will arrive May 5 at Value City Arena.

The festival, scheduled to visit 38 cities in nine weeks, will begin at 2 p.m. and include sideshow activities in line with the heavy-metal lifestyle and attitude: tattoo booths, video-game zones, bicycle-motocross and skateboard teams and a "vendor village."